Join the Friends and Monroe County Public Library in broadening our understanding of our world, our community, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book.
Our community's NEA Big Read book selection. A novel that explores alienation, achievement, race, gender, family, and identity.
Snap Judgments, Identity, & Oppression - the Sam Killermann Show
Discuss Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng. All are welcome. Join the conversation—or just listen.
Beth Lodge-Rigal and Kelly Sage from Women Writing for (a) Change bring high-school age students and adults together using poetry and prompts to elicit short writings in response to themes from Celeste Ng’s novel.
A photographic exhibit highlighting the diversity of our community.
Explore concepts of identity through persona poetry, poems written from a perspective other than your own.
Discuss Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng. All are welcome. Join the conversation—or just listen.
Cece Bell’s graphic novel about her experiences with hearing loss at a young age: using a bulky hearing aid, learning how to lip read, and determining her “superpower.”
Cece Bell’s graphic novel about her experiences with hearing loss at a young age: using a bulky hearing aid, learning how to lip read, and determining her “superpower.”
Discover the experiences, challenges, and hopes of Monroe County residents who have immigrated here from diverse cultures.
People who have been incarcerated are often stigmatized. In this exhibit of poems written in the Monroe County Jail, we see the breadth of their identities.
IU professor Vivian N. Halloran explores food, memories, and the battleground of passing on culinary traditions.
Author reception for Jamie Ford. Reception attendees also enjoy premium reserved seating for Jamie Ford’s free talk at the historic Buskirk-Chumley Theater.
An evening with New York Times best selling author Jamie Ford at the historic Buskirk-Chumley Theater. Get your free ticket today.
We read and discuss Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford.
Four short films commemorate and explore the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.
The Human Library Organization is a global movement working to build spaces in the community for personal dialogue about issues that are often difficult, challenging and stigmatizing.
This month we read and discuss Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford.
Stories of immigrants, refugees, and asylum-seekers.
A two-part class exploring the immigrant experience in the United States through American literature. Class fee includes one ticket to The Power of Words with Jamie Ford and the Gala Author Reception.
A conversation about the themes in Jamie Ford’s book: family, feeling different, and the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Opening reception for Amber Waves: The Many Faces of Monroe County, a photographic exhibit highlighting the diversity of our community.
Dr. Nakagawa, Professor of Photography, discusses his work as part of A Shared Elegy.
The NEA Big Read begins at this free event, part of the 24th Lotus World Music & Arts Festival. Drop by for your free copy of Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You.
The Friends and the Library One of 75 Organizations Nationwide to Receive an NEA Big Read Grant
The Library has been named the 2017 winner of the ALA Excellence in Library Programming Award for their program series, “Discuss, Meet, & Act: The Power of Words.”
Monroe County Public Library and the Friends of the Library are honored to announce that this year’s Power of Words visiting author is Jamie Ford. The Power of Words is a free event and takes place Friday, November 17 at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.
The Library has been named the 2016 winner of the Indiana Library Federation Programming Award for the 2015 Power of Words program series.
Get involved with the Big Read by discussing Everything I Never Told You with your friends, family, or coworkers. Receive free copies of the book by registering your book discussion